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Reducing Poverty and Inequality in India: Has Liberalization Helped? Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Jha,R.
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This study examines the empirical relationship among inequality, poverty and economic growth in India. Using data on consumption from the 13th to the 53rd Rounds of the National Sample Survey, the author computes, for both rural and urban sectors, the Gini coefficient and three popular measures of poverty.
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Keywords: POVERTY ; ECONOMIC GROWTH ; CONSUMPTION ; Other versions of this item:
Find related papers by JEL classification: J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
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